“ROOF-RAISING! IT HITS THE RAFTERS. THIS IS TINA AS WE KNOW AND ADORE HER.” – Variety “PREPARE TO BE ECSTATICALLY BLOWN AWAY!”– The Daily Beast “I’VE…
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More to Come: Playhouse on the Square History, Part 6
1993-2015: A Philanthropist Arrives: Memphis Theatre Hits Boomtime One fateful day in 1993, a top executive at AutoZone dropped by Playhouse on the Square and…
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The tragic and the absurd. Injustices that continue to echo in Playhouse’s THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS
It’s one of the most important legal cases in American history, a story most Americans know nothing about, and a story that continues to echo…
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Blues With a Feeling: the 2023 International Blues Challenge goes on
Words and photos by Ken Billett January 28, 2023—On a wet Saturday night, John Nemeth and his band, The Blue Dreamers, opened their set to…
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Grigg’s Business College building and the Ell Persons Lynching site move to final step toward historic National Register listings
With Wednesday’s approval by Tennessee State Review Board, the applications now move on to the National Park Service for final review and listing on the…
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TRIBUTES. Vincent Astor: historian, performer, Memphis LBGTQ trailblazer, gone at 69
Vincent Astor, RIP Before I had the pleasure of meeting and getting to know him, I knew of Vincent Astor in name only, as…
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REFLECTIONS: The Orpheum Welcomes Back the Mighty Wurlitzer Organ
Our friend Vincent Astor passed away Monday, January 16. We are republishing this article in his honor. This was originally published in November, 2020 MEMPHIS,…
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Expansion: Playhouse on the Square History, Part 5
1978: Sweet Transvestites In London, circa 1973, adventurous theatregoers were flocking to a small movie-house-turned-live theatre outside the West End where a cult phenomenon had…
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901 Winter Storm vs Home, Heart & Tiny
Our first resident is warm and well this winter. He says his tiny house is, too. I just got off the phone with him and…
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Memphis, What’s Your Midtown?
A debate as old as the area itself, defining its geographic borders remains as elusive as ever (Originally written in the fall of 2018; updated…
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